Serving society Stimulating innovation Supporting legislation INSPIRE: Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe Michael Lutz FGDC Standards WG meeting, 18 June 2015

Why Europe needs a spatial data infrastructure (SDI)?

INSPIRE Directive General rules to establish an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe for  Community environmental policies  Policies or activities which impact on the environment Built on the SDIs of the 28 EU Member States  Spatial data held by public authorities, in 34 data themes and 24+ languages  No requirement to collect new data INSPIRE is a Framework Directive  Detailed technical provisions in Implementing Rules JRC is the technical coordinator

Which data sets exist? I cannot access them Who owns it? How can I access it? What’s the scope? What’s the quality? I cannot view or download it I don’t understand the data and map content INSPIRE in a nutshell

INSPIRE thematic scope Annex I 1.Coordinate reference systems 2.Geographical grid systems 3.Geographical names 4.Administrative units 5.Addresses 6.Cadastral parcels 7.Transport networks 8.Hydrography 9.Protected sites Annex II 1.Elevation 2.Land cover 3.Ortho-imagery 4.Geology Annex III 1.Statistical units 2.Buildings 3.Soil 4.Land use 5.Human health and safety 6.Utility and governmental services 7.Environmental monitoring facilities 8.Production and industrial facilities 9.Agricultural and aquaculture facilities 10.Population distribution – demography 11.Area management/ restriction/regulation zones & reporting units 12.Natural risk zones 13.Atmospheric conditions 14.Meteorological geographical features 15.Oceanographic geographical features 16.Sea regions 17.Bio-geographical regions 18.Habitats and biotopes 19.Species distribution 20.Energy Resources 21.Mineral resources Implementation 2012/2017 Implementation 2015/2020

INSPIRE vs. FGDC framework themes Annex I 1.Coordinate reference systems 2.Geographical grid systems 3.Geographical names 4.Administrative units 5.Addresses 6.Cadastral parcels 7.Transport networks 8.Hydrography 9.Protected sites Annex II 1.Elevation 2.Land cover 3.Ortho-imagery 4.Geology Annex III 1.Statistical units 2.Buildings 3.Soil 4.Land use 5.Human health and safety 6.Utility and governmental services 7.Environmental monitoring facilities 8.Production and industrial facilities 9.Agricultural and aquaculture facilities 10.Population distribution – demography 11.Area management/ restriction/regulation zones & reporting units 12.Natural risk zones 13.Atmospheric conditions 14.Meteorological geographical features 15.Oceanographic geographical features 16.Sea regions 17.Bio-geographical regions 18.Habitats and biotopes 19.Species distribution 20.Energy Resources 21.Mineral resources

A collaborative effort Transparency and inclusiveness Stakeholder consultations Support to Member States on the implementation Extend INSPIRE to and ensure consistency of different policy domains Promote INSPIRE in international standardisation

INSPIRE specifications 6 legal acts 40+ Technical Guidelines

Implementing Rules (IRs) Implementing Rules (IRs), Technical Guidelines (TGs) and tools Directive Implementing Rules Commission Regulation Technical Guidelines “What Member States must implement” (abstract specification) “How Member States might implement it” (implementation specification) TGs for the Implementation of Download Services TGs – Data Specification on Addresses INSPIRE Directive 2007/2/EC INSPIRE Directive 2007/2/EC legally binding not legally binding e.g. Tools implementing INSPIRE requirements INSPIRE- SOS INSPIRE validator Extended schemas e.g.

References to international standards Directive Implementing Rules Commission Regulation Technical Guidelines TGs for the Implementation of Download Services TGs – Data Specification on Addresses INSPIRE Directive 2007/2/EC INSPIRE Directive 2007/2/EC e.g. Tools implementing INSPIRE requirements INSPIRE- SOS INSPIRE validator Extended schemas e.g. Some references to standards (mainly ISO/TC 211) Many references to standards (OGC, ISO/TC 211 and domain-specific)

Atom, WFS, SOS, WCS AAA ISO 19115, 19119, W3C LDP Standards used in INSPIRE CS-W WMS, WMTS ISO 19115, 19119, next slide…

Data interoperability – standards stack ISO Generic conceptual model OGC standards Domain standards HY OF ERBU AC/ MF EF SRTN… … ITS MSFD reporting EPBD+EED reporting WFD reporting MSFDMarine Strategy Framework Directive WFDWater Framework Directive ITSIntelligent Transport Systems EPBDEnergy Performance of Buildings Directive EEDEnergy efficiency of Buildings Directive

Data interoperability – standards stack ISO Generic conceptual model OGC standards Domain standards HY OF ERBU AC/ MF EF SRTN… … ITS MSFD reporting EPBD+EED reporting WFD reporting INSPIRE INSPIRE extensions & applications MSFDMarine Strategy Framework Directive WFDWater Framework Directive ITSIntelligent Transport Systems EPBDEnergy Performance of Buildings Directive EEDEnergy efficiency of Buildings Directive

INSPIRE maintenance & implementation

Why? Support MS in implementation

Why? Maintain 6 legal acts and 40+ Technical Guidelines

Why? Develop and maintain central infrastructure components and tools

Why? Support technical evolution and use of INSPIRE data & services INSPIRE RDF GEO-

Why? Coordinate with other policies and discuss strategic direction

How? Maintenance and Implementation Framework (MIF) set up by the Commission, in agreement with the Member States Coordinated by Commission Expert Group on INSPIRE Maintenance & Implementation (MIG) with representatives of the Member States  Technical and policy sub-groups (MIG-T and MIG-P) Following a rolling work programme (MIWP) MIWP actions executed through temporary sub-groups Supported by a pool of INSPIRE implementation experts

MIWP – On-going actions MIWP-5: Validation and conformity testing MIWP-6: Registries and registers MIWP-7a: Extension of Download Service TG for observation data MIWP-7a: Extension of Download Service TG for observation data (based on SOS) MIWP-7b: Extension of Download Service Technical Guidelines for Web Coverage Services (WCS) MIWP-8: Update of Metadata TG MIWP-14: Theme-specific issues of data specifications & exchange of domain-specific implementation experiences MIWP-16: Improve usefulness and reliability of monitoring MIWP-21: Pilots for INSPIRE-based applications

Find out more INSPIRE web site  MIG collaboration platform  Thematic clusters 

Serving society Stimulating innovation Supporting legislation INSPIRE: Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe Additional slides

user dataset... Access to spatial data in various ways User has to deal with interpreting heterogeneous data in different formats, identify, extract and post-process the data he needs  lack of interoperability Data interoperability The starting point … Transformation

... Network Service Network Service Network Service Provide access to spatial data via network services and according to a harmonised data specification to achieve interoperability of data !Datasets used in Member States may stay as they are !Data or service providers have to provide a transformation between their internal data model and the harmonised data specification dataset user... and what INSPIRE is aiming at Data interoperability Transformation Standardised access

Conceptual data models Registers objects types, properties & relationships cross-domain harmonization based on a common modelling framework managed in a common UML repository Harmonised vocabularies achieve better interoperability than free-text and/or multi- lingual content allow additional terms from local vocabularies 400 code lists & almost 5000 values in central register Encoding conceptual models independent of concrete encodings standard encoding: GML, but also possible to derive other encodings (e.g. based on RDF) provide unique and persistent identifiers for reference to resources allow their consistent management and versioning Key pillars of data interoperability

Cross-sector/-border interoperability TN:Transport networks EL:Elevation BU:Buildings SO:Soil PF:Production and industrial facilities AF:Agricultural and aquaculture facilities ER:Energy Resources HB:Habitats and biotopes SD:Species distribution AM:Area management/ restriction/ regulation zones & reporting units PD: Population Distribution US: Utilities and Governmental Services (Waste Management) Smart cities Environmental Impact Assessment Risk Management … health emissions energy INSPIRE data Data from other sectors